Subject: Administrative: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule Issued: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060809000001030506070204 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic: *Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule *Date/Time Issued**:*May 20*,*2015 1615 UTC* * *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*See list below. ** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* May 20, 2015 14:22:25 UTC (from theEumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message) ** *Date/Time of Expected End:***See table in detail for on and off switch time****** *Length of Outage:*N/A* * *Details/Specifics of Change:* Weekly Operations Schedule Issued on 20/05/15 at 14:22:25 Seq Nr: 2 Planned activities for week 21/2015: GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION Meteosat Straylight. Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Winter/Spring 2015 are available on EUMETSAT website: http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Data/ServiceStatus/index.html (See section Meteosat > Straylight Predictions (XML)) 28 May 2015 Launch of the new User Notification Service (UNS) The new UNS will bring a number of functionality enhancements. A four-week parallel operations phase with the current UNS is planned. For more details and for a preview of the new UNS, see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2626323.html METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 18 May - 14 July 2015 Metop-B- ASCAT Extensive Calibration Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey. 18 May 2015 14:29 UTC Metop-A - ASCAT Gain Compression A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected. 19 May 2015 Introduction of Version 3 of the AVHRR Atmospheric Motion Vectors algorithm. This version fixes a bug in the temporal vector consistency test. The Quality Index (QI) distribution is therefore modified, increasing the number of vectors with QI greater than 60. This change affects both AVHRR Polar and Global Winds. No product outage is expected during the activation of the change. 20 May 2015 18:55 - 19:55 UTC (Metop-A) 19:45 - 21:26 UTC (Metop-B) GOME-2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw readout mode (PMDRAW). Near real-time products from O3M SAF (L2 NTO) will be affected (see SAF PRODUCTS below). METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT 19 May 2015 08:52 - 08:58 UTC (Metop-A) 19 May 2015 08:05 - 08:11 UTC (Metop-B) SEM MPED in flight calibration A short outage of all SEM products can be expected at these times REGIONAL DATA SERVICES 19 May 2015 EARS: Due to scheduled system maintenance, dissemination of EARS ATOVS L1C, ASCAT L2 products via EUMETCast and ATOVS L1C, IASI L1C, NWC L2, ATMS / CrIS L1 products via RMDCN / GTS may be disrupted or not available. 20 May 2015 - 29 May 2015 EARS, KSAT / Svalbard: Due to scheduled system maintenance activities on CDA antennas and associated infrastructure, Metop-A, Metop-B and S-NPP data from Svalbard may be disrupted or not available. SAF PRODUCTS 20 May 2015 18:55 - 19:55 UTC (Metop-A) 19:45 - 21:26 UTC (Metop-B) GOME-2 operations (see above), O3M SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable. COPERNICUS 19 May 2015 Introduction on EUMETCast Europe of the new SNPP4C VIIRS L3U Sea Surface Temperature product in GHRSST format. This product will replace the VIIRS L2P GHRSST product. For full details and test data, see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2626498.html JASON-2 19 May 2015 21:21 UTC Jason-2 Manoeuvre. OGDR, OGDR-SSHA and OGDR-BUFR products may be degraded for 2 hours after the manoeuvre. This will affect the sea surface height, but not the wind and wave content in the products. FUTURE EVENTS METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE 27 May 2015 The FTP delivery service of the Active Fire Monitoring product will be terminated. The product is available on EUMETCast Europe and Africa (on EUMETSAT Data Channel 3), in GRIB and CAP formats. Users wishing to receive this product should register for '0 degree Meteosat Meteorological Products' via our Earth Observation Portal (https://eoportal.eumetsat.int). METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 26 May 2015 (***** POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ******) Release of Version 6.0.7 of IASI L2 Product Processing Facility. This release will fix a discrepancy with the encoding of the cloud fraction: The cloud fraction is specified as a percentage in the Product Format Specification (ranging from 0 to 100%) while the cloud coverage is expressed as a fraction (range 0-1) in the current products. With the upcoming release, the cloud coverage will range 0-100% as specified in the PFS. For test data, see:ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/OPS/out/test-data/IASI_L2_V6.0.7_Test-data_May2015/ No outage is expected during the release installation. 25 June 2015 Update of GOME-2 level-1b processor to Version 6.1 For full details and test data, see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2633689.html 25 June 2015 Update to ASCAT Level 2 Soil Moisture Products at 12.5 km and 25 km swath grid. The main change consists in implementing a new model parameter database in the processing chain for Metop-A and B ASCAT soil moisture products. Another change relates to the EPS native format available from the EUMETSAT Data Centre. For full details and test data, see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2633340.html METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE 02 June 2015 Metop-B In-plane manoeuvre SEM and GOME data will be unavailable. A temporary degradation of the quality of GRAS Level 1 products is to be expected starting at the time of the manoeuvre. All AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, AVHRR, HIRS, IASI and MHS products may have temporarily degraded quality geo-location data after the time of the manoeuvre. Exact outage times to be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre. INFORMATION: For further information, please contact the EUMETSAT User Services Helpdesk Tel: +49 6151 807 366 Fax: +49 6151 807 379 Email:ops@eumetsat.int www.eumetsat.int --------------060809000001030506070204 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic:  Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued:  May 20, 2015  1615 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  See list below.

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  May  20, 2015  14:22:25 UTC  (from the Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message)

Date/Time of Expected End:  See table in detail for on and off switch time  

Length of Outage:  N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:

Weekly Operations Schedule

Issued on 20/05/15 at 14:22:25

Seq Nr: 2

Planned activities for week 21/2015:

GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION
Meteosat Straylight.
Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Winter/Spring 2015 are available
on EUMETSAT website:
http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Data/ServiceStatus/in
(See section Meteosat > Straylight Predictions (XML))

28 May 2015
Launch of the new User Notification Service (UNS)
The new UNS will bring a number of functionality enhancements.
A four-week parallel operations phase with the current UNS is planned.
For more details and for a preview of the new
UNS, see: www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2626323.html


METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
18 May - 14 July 2015
Metop-B- ASCAT Extensive Calibration
Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global
and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes
over Turkey.

18 May 2015  14:29 UTC
Metop-A - ASCAT Gain Compression
A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected.

19 May 2015
Introduction of Version 3 of the AVHRR Atmospheric Motion Vectors
algorithm. This version fixes a bug in the temporal vector consistency
test. The Quality Index (QI) distribution is therefore modified,
increasing the number of vectors with QI greater than 60. This change
affects both AVHRR Polar and Global Winds.
No product outage is expected during the activation of the change.

20 May 2015
18:55 - 19:55 UTC (Metop-A)
19:45 - 21:26 UTC (Metop-B)
GOME-2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw
readout mode (PMDRAW).
Near real-time products from O3M SAF (L2 NTO) will be affected (see
SAF PRODUCTS below).


METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT
19 May 2015  08:52 - 08:58  UTC (Metop-A)
19 May 2015  08:05 - 08:11  UTC (Metop-B)
SEM MPED in flight calibration
A short outage of all SEM products can be expected at these times


REGIONAL DATA SERVICES
19 May 2015
EARS: Due to scheduled system maintenance, dissemination of EARS ATOVS
L1C, ASCAT L2 products via EUMETCast and  ATOVS L1C, IASI L1C,
NWC L2, ATMS / CrIS L1 products  via RMDCN / GTS may be disrupted
or not available.

20 May 2015 - 29 May 2015
EARS, KSAT / Svalbard: Due to scheduled system maintenance activities
on CDA antennas and associated infrastructure, Metop-A, Metop-B and
S-NPP data from Svalbard may be disrupted or not available.


SAF PRODUCTS
20 May 2015 18:55 - 19:55 UTC (Metop-A)
		19:45 - 21:26 UTC (Metop-B)
GOME-2 operations (see above),
O3M SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone,
the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable.


COPERNICUS
19 May 2015
Introduction on EUMETCast Europe of the new SNPP4C VIIRS L3U Sea
Surface Temperature product in GHRSST format. This product will
replace the VIIRS L2P GHRSST product.
For full details and test data, see:
www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2626498.html


JASON-2
19 May 2015 21:21 UTC
Jason-2 Manoeuvre.
OGDR, OGDR-SSHA and OGDR-BUFR products may be degraded for 2 hours
after the manoeuvre. This will affect the sea surface height, but
not the wind and wave content in the products.


FUTURE EVENTS
METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE
27 May 2015
The FTP delivery service of the Active Fire Monitoring product
will be terminated. The product is available on EUMETCast
Europe and Africa (on EUMETSAT Data Channel 3), in GRIB and
CAP formats. Users wishing to receive this product should
register for '0 degree Meteosat Meteorological Products' via
our Earth Observation Portal (https://eoportal.eumetsat.int).



METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
26 May 2015					  (***** POSTPONED
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ******)
Release of Version 6.0.7 of IASI L2 Product Processing Facility.
This release will fix a discrepancy with the encoding of the cloud
fraction: The cloud fraction is specified as a percentage in the
Product Format Specification (ranging from 0 to 100%) while the
cloud coverage is expressed as a fraction (range 0-1) in the current
products. With the upcoming release, the cloud coverage will range
0-100% as specified in the PFS.
For test data, see: ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/OPS/out/test-data/I
No outage is expected during the release installation.

25 June 2015
Update of GOME-2 level-1b processor to Version 6.1 For full
details and test data, see: www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2633689.html

25 June 2015
Update to ASCAT Level 2 Soil Moisture Products at 12.5 km and 25 km
swath grid.
The main change consists in implementing a new model parameter
database in the processing chain for Metop-A and B ASCAT soil moisture
products. Another change relates to the EPS native format available
from the EUMETSAT Data Centre.
For full details and test data, see:
www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2633340.html


METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
02 June 2015
Metop-B In-plane manoeuvre
SEM and GOME data will be unavailable.
A temporary degradation of the quality of GRAS Level 1 products is
to be expected starting at the time of the manoeuvre.
All AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, AVHRR, HIRS, IASI and MHS products may
have temporarily degraded quality geo-location data after the time
of the manoeuvre.
Exact outage times to be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre.



INFORMATION:
For further information, please contact the EUMETSAT User Services
Helpdesk
Tel: +49 6151 807 366
Fax: +49 6151 807 379
Email: ops@eumetsat.int
www.eumetsat.int
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